Improvement in implements



I No. 110,199.

J. W. OALEP.

IMPLEMENT.

Patented Dec. 20, 1870.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH W. OALEF, OFBOSTON, MASS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, HARVEY KING, AND AUGUSTUS PEABODY HUTOHINSON, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN IMPLEMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [10,199, dated December 20, 1870; antedatrd December 10, 1870.

I, Josnrn WARREN CALEF, of Boston, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a. useful and new Combination of Implements in one compact body, of which the following is the specification:

lt'mure and Objects of the Invention.

Descriptioh 0f tIle Drawing. Figure 1 is a full front view of the implement.

Fig. 2 is a view of a section, showing one-halfthe implement divided longitudinally. Fig. 3 is an end view of the head of the implement. Fig. 4=-is a rear view. Fig. 5 is the lever-jaw of the forceps. Fig. Ois thefixed jaw of the forceps.

General Description of the Instrument.

The body of this instrument I cast of mallea-ble iron, as being preferable; but any material of sufficient strength and stiffness will be sufficient. The various members of the combination should be proportioned toeach other as in the drawing, but the proportions may vary according to the use for which it is designed. The hatchetis cast in substantially the usual form. The end of the handle, as cast,has in it a socket, h, Fig. 2, or some other device to which a wooden extension, 11, may be adjusted. In the extreme end of this wooden extension is fixed a screw-driver, e.

The head of the hatchet is formed into a ham- II, which enters about on the lines of the banblade by a second branch,and opens on the upper side, leaving between the two branches of said slot a brace or block, t, uniting the two sides of the blade at that point. As this orifice h is made only to receive the two jaws of the forceps 5 and 6, the opening thereof on the inner or lower side is not required for the working of the'instrument, but the casting is more economically made when the orifice so opens, and-hence I deem it necessary to state it. The said jaws 5 and 6 of the forceps are made of steel, with the jaws curved inward to a blunt point. One jaw, 6, is made fast in said orifice by a rivet or other suitable-means, having its shoulder resting upon and the lower part of the back bearing against said brace i. The other jaw, 5, is in the form of a bent lever, nearly in the shape of the letter U, and is intended to be inserted point-foremost in said orifice h, opposite the handle, and passed through the same and out opposite the jaw 6, inelosin g the said jaw 6 within its horns. This jaw is hung upon arivet passing through it near the first curve below the point, as shown in the drawing, and passing through the blade of the hatchet at such a point therein as will bring the two points of the forceps together when the jaw 5 is pressed downward at the rear end.

When the jaws 5 and 6 of the forceps are in position and any object is placed between them, it will be seen that pressing down the rear'end of the jaw 5 will bring the points of the jaws together, securing the object with more or less vigor, according to the pressure. When, then, the points of the forceps are forced. into the wood into which a nail'has been driven, pressing back the handle will bring the rear end of the jaw upon-the box or package, which will, in turn, force said jaw 5 down, and 'the nailwill be grasped between I the points of the forceps; the pressure continned will increase the rigor of the grasp and draw the nail upward.

Upon the rear end of said jaw, and at r1 gut angles to it, is fastened an edged scraper, c, of steel, designed to erase marks.

The handle may be cast with the hatchet, and of full length, not designedfor any wooden extension, and I have made some of that description; but I prefer them with the extended wooden handle..

If made, Without the wooden handle, the screw-driver is omitted. Also, I have made the forceps without the edged scraper cat- 

